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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

MOTION NO. 23

MOTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the number of privately owned houses in the Lucan, Palmerstown, North Clondalkin LAC that have been brought to the attention of the Council as unoccupied for a significant period or left to fall into disrepair and how many have been taken over by the Council.

REPORT:

Records back to 2016 show that 31 private houses in the Lucan, Palmerstown, North Clondalkin LAC were investigated by the Council under the provisions of the Derelict Sites Act 1990. During 2016 and 2017 four of these houses were acquired compulsorily under the provisions of the Act.

There are currently four private houses in the area that are being actively monitored under the provisions of the Act.